such list which have a parish, chapelry, or other recognised ecclesiastical division annexed to them, and which are chapels licensed by the bishop under this act, and shall state therein the district for which each of such chapels is licensed according to the description thereof in the licence; and the registrar general shall in every year make out and cause to be printed a list of all such chapels, and also of all places of public worship registered under the provisions of this act, and shall state in such list the county and registrar's district within which each chapel or registered building is situated, and shall add also the names and places of abode of the registrars and deputy registrars of each district, and of the superintendent registrars; and a copy of such list shall be sent to every registrar and superintendent registrar. Marriages under this Act cognizable. 35. And be it enacted, that every marriage solemnized under this act shall be good and cognizable in like manner as marriages before the passing of this act according to the rites of the church of England. Registrar may ask certain Particulars of Parties. 36. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the registrar before whom any marriage is solemnized according to the provisions of this act to ask of the parties to be married the several particulars required to be registered touching such marriage. Persons vexatiously entering Caveat liable to Costs and Damages. 37. And be it enacted, that every person who shall enter a caveat with the superintendent registrar against the grant of any licence or issue of any certificate on grounds which the registrar general shall declare to be frivolous, and that they ought not to obstruct the grant of the licence, shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings, and for damages to be recovered in a special action upon the case by the party against whose marriage such caveat shall have been entered. Persons making false Declarations, &c., guilty of Perjury. 38. And be it enacted, that every person who shall knowingly and wilfully make any false declaration or sign any false notice or certificate required by this act, for the purpose of procuring any marriage, and every person who shall forbid the issue of any superintendent registrar's certificate, by falsely representing himself or herself to be a person whose consent to such marriage is required by law, knowing such representation to be false, shall suffer the penalties of perjury. Persons unduly solemnizing Marriage guilty of Felony. 39. And be it enacted, that every person who after the said first day of March shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England, except by special licence, in any other place than a church or chapel in which marriages may be solemnized according to the rites of the church of England, or than the registered building or office specified in the notice and certificate as aforesaid, shall be guilty of felony (except in the case of a marriage between two of the society of friends commonly called Quakers, according to the usages of the said society, or between two persons professing the Jewish religion, according to the usages of the Jews); and every person who in any such registered building or office shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in the absence of a registrar of the district in which such registered building or office is situated shall be guilty of felony; and every person who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England after the said first day of March (except by licence within twenty-one days) after the entry of the notice to the superintendent registrar as aforesaid, or if the marriage is by licence within seven days after such entry, or after three calendar months after such entry, shall be guilty of felony. Superintendent Registrars unduly issuing Certificates guilty of Felony. 40. And be it enacted, that every superintendent registrar who shall knowingly and wilfully issue any certificate for marriage after the expiration of three calendar months after the notice shall have been entered by him as aforesaid, or any certificate for marriage by licence before the expiration of seven days after the entry of the notice, or any certificate for marriage without licence before the expiration of twenty-one days after the entry of the notice, or any certificate the issue of which shall have been forbidden as aforesaid by any person authorized to forbid the issue of the registrar's certificate, or who shall knowingly and wilfully register any marriage herein declared to be null and void, and every registrar who shall knowingly and wilfully issue any licence for marriage after the expiration of three calendar months after the notice shall have been entered by the registrar as aforesaid, or who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize in his office any marriage herein declared to be null and void, shall be guilty of felony. Limitation of Prosecution. 41. And be it enacted, that every prosecution under this act shall be commenced within the space of three years after the offence committed. Marriages void if unduly solemnized with the knowledge of both Parties. 42. And be it enacted, that if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry after the said first day of March, under the provisions of this act, in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, or office or other place specified in the notice and certificate as aforesaid, or without due notice to the superintendent registrar, or without certificate of notice duly issued, or without licence, in case a licence is necessary under this act, or in the absence of a registrar or superintendent registrar where the presence of a registrar or superintendent registrar is necessary under this act, the marriage of such persons, except in any case hereinafter excepted, shall be null and void: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to annul any marriage legally solemnized according to the provisions of an act passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for amending the Laws respecting the Solemnization of Marriages in England.” In cases of fraudulent Marriages, the guilty party to forfeit all Property accruing from the Marriage, as in 4 G. 4. c. 76. 43. And be it enacted, that if any valid marriage shall be had under the provisions of this act by means of any wilfully false notice, certificate, or declaration made by either party to such marriage, as to any matter to which a notice, certificate, or declaration is herein required, it shall be lawful for his Majesty's attorney general or solicitor general to sue for a forfeiture of all estate and interest in any property accruing to the offending party by such marriage; and the proceedings thereupon and consequences thereof shall be the same as are provided in the like case with regard to marriages solemnized by licence before the passing of this act according to the rites of the church of England. Provisions of Registry Act extended to this Act. 44. And be it enacted, that this act shall be taken to be part of the said act for registering births, deaths, and marriages, as fully and effectually as if incorporated therewith, and that all the provisions and penalties of the said act relating to any registrar or register of marriages, or certified copies thereof, shall be taken to extend to the registrars and registers of marriages to be solemnized under this act, and to the certified copies thereof, so far as the same are applicable thereunto. Extent of Act. 45. And be it enacted, that this act shall extend only to England, and shall not extend to the marriage of any of the royal family. VOL. X.-Oct. 1836. 30 SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. SCHEDULE (A.)-NOTICE OF MARRIAGE. To the Registrar of the District of Hendon in the County of Middlesex. I hereby give you notice, that a marriage is intended to be had, within three calendar months from the date hereof, between me and the other party herein named and described; (that is to say,) I John Cor, Registrar of the District of Stepney in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that on the sixth day of May, notice was duly entered in the Marriage Notice Book of the said district of the marriage intended between the parties therein named and described, delivered under the hand of James Smith, one of the parties; (that is to say,) James Smith Widower Carpenter Of full 16, High 23 Days Martha Green Spinster Age Street. Sion Chapel, Date of notice entered 6th May 1837. The issue of this certificate has not been forbidden by any person authorized to forbid the issue thereof. Witness my hand this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. (Signed) John Cor, Registrar. This certificate will be void unless the marriage is solemnized on or before the sixth day of August 1837. SCHEDULE (C.)—Licence of Marriage. A.B., Superintendent Registrar of to C.D. of sendeth greeting. and E. F. of Whereas ye are minded, as it is said, to enter into a contract of marriage under the provisions of an act made in the seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled here insert the title of this act,] and are desirous that the same may be speedily and publicly solemnized; and whereas you C.D. [or you E.F.] have made and subscribed a declaration under your hand that you believe there is no impediment of kindred or alliance or other lawful hindrance to the said marriage, and that you C.D. [or E.F.] have [or has] had your [or his or her] usual place of abode for the space of fifteen days last past within the district of [ and that you C. D. [or E. F.,] not being a widower [or widow,] are [or is] under the age of twenty-one years, and that the consent of G. H., whose consent to your [or his or her] marriage is required by law, has been obtained thereto [or that there is no person having authority to give such consent]: I do hereby grant unto you full licence, according to the authority in that behalf given to me by the said act, to proceed to solemnize such marriage, and to the registrar of the district of [here insert the name of the district in which the marriage is to be solemnized] to register such marriage according to law; provided that the said marriage be publicly solemnized in the presence of the said registrar and of two witnesses within three calendar months from the [here insert the date of the entry in the notice book of the superintendent registrar,] in the [here describe the building in which the marriage is to be solemnized,] between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon. Given under my hand this day of one thousand eight hundred and (Signed) A.B. Superintendent Registrar. SCHEDULE (D.) I John Cox, registrar of the district of Stepney, in the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that this is a true copy of the entries of marriage registered in the said district from the entry of the marriage of John Wood and Ann Simpson, number one, to the entry of the marriage of James Smith and Martha Green, number fourteen. Witness my hand this first day of July 1837. (Signed) John Cox, Registrar. [The Figures, and words in Italics, in these Schedules, to be filled up as the case may be.] AN ACT FOR REGISTERING BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND. ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO GULIELMI IV. REGIS. CAP. LXXXVI. [17th August, 1836.] So much of recited Acts as relates to Registration of Marriages repealed. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide the means for a complete register of the births, deaths, and marriages of his Majesty's subjects in England and whereas an act passed in the fifty-second year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act for the better regulating Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England," and also an act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for amending the Laws respecting the Solemnization of Marriages in England," are insufficient for the purpose aforesaid be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that after the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, so much of the said acts as relates to the registration of marriages shall be repealed. :: General Registry Office to be provided in London or Westminster. 2. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for his Majesty to provide a proper office in London or Westminster, to be called "The General Register Office," for keeping a register of all births, deaths, and marriages of his Majesty's subjects in England, and to appoint for the said office under the great seal of the United Kingdom a registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages in England, and from time to time, at pleasure, to remove the said registrar general, and appoint some other person in his room. Lord Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to appoint Officers and fix Salary. 3. And be it enacted, that the lord treasurer, or lords commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, or any three of them, or the registrar general, subject to the approval of the said lords commissioners, shall appoint from time to time such officers, clerks, and servants as they shall deem necessary to carry on the business of the general registry office, and at pleasure remove them or any of them; and the said lord treasurer or lords commissioners shall fix the salary of the registrar general, so that the same shall not at any time exceed the sum of one thousand pounds yearly, and shall fix the salaries of the officers, clerks, and servants, in fit proportion, according to the duties they may have to perform. Salaries to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. 4. And be it enacted, that the salaries of the registrar general, and of the said officers, clerks, and servants, and the amount of the sums hereinafter provided to be paid to the superintendent registrars for every entry in the certified copies of the registers, and all expences of carrying on the business of the general registry office not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid by the said lord treasurer or lords commissioners of his Majesty's treasury out of the consolidated fund of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Regulations for Conduct of Officers to be framed under Direction of Secretary of State. 5. And be it enacted, that one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or the registrar general, with the approbation of such principal secretary, from time to time may make regulations for the management of the said register office, and for the duties of the registrar general, clerks, officers, and servants of the said office, and of the registrars, deputy registrars, and superintendent registrars hereinafter mentioned, in the execution of this act, so that they be not contrary to the provisions herein contained; and the regulations so made and approved shall be binding on the said registrar general, clerks, officers, and servants, and on the registrars, deputy registrars, and superintendent registrars. Annual Abstract of Registers to be laid before Parliament. 6. And be it enacted, that the registrar general shall send once in every year to one of the principal secretaries of state a general abstract of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages registered during the foregoing year, in such form as the said secretary from time to time shall require; and every such annual general abstract shall be laid before parliament within one month after receipt thereof, or after the meeting of parliament. Districts to be formed, and Registrars and Superintendent Registrars to be appointed. 7. And be it enacted, that the guardians of every union declared under the provisions of an act passed in the fifth and sixth years of his present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales," and also of every parish or place in which a board of guardians shall have been established under the provisions of the last-named act, shall, on or before the first day of October in this year, if the said board of guardians shall have been established before the passing of this act, or within three calendar months next after the |